A Chinese submersible has discovered thousands of worms and mollusks nearly 10 kilometers (six miles) below sea level in the ...

Forget photosynthesis—these marine communities rely on chemosynthesis to survive in darkness, and under intense pressure.

Scientists have filmed odd communities of life flourishing deeper in the ocean than ever before. The chemosynthesis-based ...

Study finds marine creatures off southern Australia share close evolutionary links with species in North Atlantic on other ...

The ocean covers a staggering 71% of our planet, and yet, we've only explored less than 5% of its vast depths. The mysteries ...

Three new types of spiders have been found in deep-sea habitats, far beyond the reach of sunlight, according to research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Scientists found a deep-sea creature with “massive eyes” in an underwater canyon and discovered a new species near Australia, a study said. Photo from CSIRO Thousands of feet below the surface ...

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A new study published today in Science Advances shows just how little we know about the deep sea. According to the research, humans have observed less than 0.001% of the deep seafloor—an area ...

In 2013, a deep-sea mining company named UK Seabed Resources contracted marine biologist Diva Amon and other scientists from the University of Hawaii at Manoa to survey a section of the seafloor ...

Bizarre creatures like vampire squid and blobfish make their home in the dark, cold, depths of the deep sea, but most of this watery realm remains a complete mystery. That's because humans have ...

The fish was found at 200 to 2,000 meters below the surface. At least 16 types of recently discovered deep-sea fish are among the darkest creatures ever found, according to a study published ...